most minutes played nba player ever including playoffs

LeBron James has played the most career minutes in the regular-season and playoffs, with 73,511 minutes on the court.

	NAME	MIN	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	73,511	1,925	38.2	27.0	7.7	7.4	1.5	0.8	9.9	19.6	50.5	1.6	4.7	34.6	5.6	7.6	73.8	58.9	1.2	6.5	3.5	51,975	14,799	14,191	2,924	1,473	6,736	3,545	+8740
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	66,297	1,797	36.9	24.6	11.1	3.6	0.9	2.6	10.1	18.2	55.6	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.3	6.0	72.4	58.9	2.4	7.4	2.7	44,149	19,921	6,427	1,349	3,665	2,974	5,454
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	62,759	1,669	37.6	25.0	10.2	3.5	1.4	0.8	9.1	18.0	50.9	0.1	0.2	26.2	6.6	8.9	74.1	57.0	2.4	7.8	3.0	41,689	17,030	5,858	2,343	1,280	5,074	5,240	+3133
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	57,278	1,566	36.6	25.1	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	8.8	19.6	44.7	1.4	4.1	33.0	6.2	7.4	83.4	54.8	1.1	4.1	3.0	39,283	8,166	7,346	2,254	784	4,657	4,013	+4708
5	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	57,263	1,667	34.4	21.1	7.8	2.4	0.8	0.8	7.4	15.8	47.0	1.3	3.4	37.9	5.0	5.7	88.0	57.7	1.0	6.8	1.7	35,223	12,935	4,011	1,359	1,410	2,822	4,008	+6589
6	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	56,738	1,643	34.5	19.3	10.9	3.0	0.7	2.2	7.5	14.8	50.5	0.0	0.1	17.2	4.3	6.2	69.5	55.0	2.8	8.1	2.4	31,668	17,950	4,989	1,193	3,588	4,014	4,005	+10000
7	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	56,199	1,549	36.3	12.6	6.3	8.6	1.9	0.3	4.5	11.2	39.9	1.4	4.2	34.6	2.2	2.9	78.4	50.6	1.3	5.0	2.9	19,572	9,783	13,354	2,986	502	4,453	2,920	+3978
8	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	55,701	1,605	34.7	17.9	10.1	3.7	1.3	1.4	7.2	14.6	49.5	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.3	4.2	78.9	54.4	2.2	7.9	2.2	28,672	16,196	5,916	2,037	2,223	3,521	3,992	+5211
9	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	55,418	1,205	46.0	29.1	23.1	4.4			11.7	21.8	53.8				5.7	11.2	50.5	54.5				35,026	27,837	5,316				2,487
10	John Stockton J. Stockton	54,162	1,686	32.1	13.1	2.8	10.5	2.1	0.2	4.7	9.2	51.0	0.6	1.5	37.6	3.2	3.9	82.4	60.3	0.7	2.1	2.8	22,147	4,659	17,645	3,603	365	4,761	4,481	+3046
11	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	54,160	1,399	38.7	21.1	12.5	1.8	1.0	2.0	8.5	18.7	45.3	0.0	0.1	14.7	4.1	6.2	66.8	49.2	3.2	7.9	2.4	29,507	17,523	2,583	961	1,993	1,482	4,571
12	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	53,331	1,442	37.0	20.9	6.4	4.8	1.2	0.3	8.3	18.9	43.9				4.3	5.3	81.8	49.3	1.5	3.5	2.5	30,171	9,193	6,939	536	133	204	3,808
13	Reggie Miller R. Miller	52,927	1,533	34.5	18.4	3.0	2.9	1.1	0.2	6.0	12.8	46.9	1.9	4.8	39.4	4.6	5.1	88.8	61.2	0.6	2.4	1.7	28,251	4,598	4,498	1,651	333	2,666	3,005	+2185
14	Gary Payton G. Payton	52,598	1,489	35.3	16.1	3.9	6.6	1.8	0.2	6.4	13.9	46.3	0.9	2.7	31.7	2.4	3.3	72.7	52.6	1.0	2.9	2.2	23,968	5,844	9,777	2,661	317	3,327	3,651	+1913
15	Ray Allen R. Allen	52,408	1,471	35.6	18.5	4.0	3.3	1.1	0.2	6.5	14.3	45.1	2.3	5.7	40.0	3.3	3.7	89.3	58.1	0.9	3.1	2.0	27,254	5,920	4,810	1,615	285	2,983	3,260	+4077
16	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	52,109	1,513	34.4	19.5	5.6	3.5	1.3	0.6	6.4	14.5	44.3	1.6	4.4	36.7	5.1	6.4	80.9	56.6	0.8	4.8	2.6	29,577	8,512	5,287	1,956	850	4,008	4,190	+3505
17	Robert Parish R. Parish	51,881	1,795	28.9	14.6	9.2	1.3	0.8	1.5	6.0	11.2	53.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.6	3.6	72.1	56.9	2.9	6.3	2.1	26,154	16,480	2,414	1,364	2,670	3,548	5,060	+102
18	Chris Paul C. Paul	51,278	1,519	33.8	17.1	4.4	9.1	2.0	0.2	6.1	13.0	47.1	1.4	3.8	37.0	3.5	4.1	86.9	58.1	0.6	3.8	2.3	26,039	6,736	13,785	3,015	253	3,486	3,645	+6159
19	Kevin Durant K. Durant	51,010	1,372	37.2	27.4	7.0	4.4	1.0	1.1	9.4	18.9	50.0	2.0	5.2	38.6	6.5	7.4	88.0	61.9	0.7	6.3	3.2	37,605	9,587	5,993	1,408	1,549	4,358	2,710	+5714
20	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	50,016	1,423	35.1	23.8	11.0	2.5	0.6	2.2	9.4	16.2	57.9	0.0	0.0	4.5	5.0	9.5	52.3	58.2	3.6	7.4	2.8	33,846	15,607	3,608	856	3,191	3,959	4,915	+5525
21	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	49,971	1,383	36.1	22.2	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.9	17.2	51.4	0.0	0.1	20.4	4.5	6.3	71.2	55.5	3.3	7.9	3.0	30,701	15,369	3,516	2,407	4,302	4,091	4,945	+535
22	Vince Carter V. Carter	49,400	1,629	30.3	16.8	4.3	3.1	1.0	0.6	6.0	13.9	43.4	1.5	4.0	36.9	3.2	4.0	79.8	53.5	1.1	3.2	1.7	27,321	7,083	5,009	1,624	935	2,758	4,252	+1810
23	James Harden J. Harden	49,389	1,412	35.0	23.8	5.6	7.2	1.5	0.6	7.0	16.1	43.7	2.7	7.6	36.0	7.0	8.1	86.3	60.5	0.7	4.8	3.7	33,579	7,849	10,097	2,107	793	5,179	3,552	+4962
24	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	49,174	1,386	35.5	16.3	6.5	5.2	1.9	0.8	6.3	13.5	46.8	0.8	2.6	32.2	2.8	4.0	70.7	53.4	1.8	4.7	2.8	22,582	9,077	7,183	2,702	1,132	3,859	4,015	+2254
25	Moses Malone M. Malone	48,867	1,423	34.3	20.7	12.3	1.4	0.8	1.3	7.2	14.6	49.0	0.0	0.1	10.3	6.4	8.3	76.9	56.7	5.1	7.2	3.0	29,486	17,507	1,932	1,173	1,884	4,019	3,320

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2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	GB
7	Hornets	0.5
8	Bulls	0.5
9	Cavaliers	0.5
10	Pacers	0.5
11	Heat	0.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/22	CLE	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	BKN	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Mon 10/26	MIN	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 10/28	WAS	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Thu 10/29	CLE	@	ATL	7:00 PM

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

38.0

George

32.0

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.0

Maxey

RPG Leaders

14.0

Drummond

13.0

Wembanyama

12.0

Towns

APG Leaders

11.0

Tatum

8.0

White

8.0

Cunningham

SPG Leaders

5.0

George

3.0

Maxey

3.0

Gilgeous-Alexander

BPG Leaders

6.0

Wembanyama

4.0

Holmgren

3.0

Maxey

3PM Leaders

7.0

George

6.0

McCain

5.0

Castle

TS% Leaders

111.1

McCain

92.2

Caruso

80.8

Green

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

123.5

115.4

111.2

102.2

99.7

96.4

DRtg Rankings

96.4

99.7

102.2

111.2

115.4

123.5

NetRtg Rankings

11.5

8.2

5.8

-5.8

-8.2

-11.5

Tank Leaderboard

0-1

1-0

Embiid

NBA 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

1-0

Worst Record ATS

0-1

1-0

NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	1	0	1.000
2	76ers	1	0	1.000
3	Knicks	0	1	.000	1.0
4	Celtics	0	1	.000	1.0
5	Hawks	0	0		0.5
6	Nets	0	0		0.5
7	Hornets	0	0		0.5
8	Bulls	0	0		0.5
9	Cavaliers	0	0		0.5
10	Pacers	0	0		0.5
11	Heat	0	0		0.5
12	Bucks	0	0		0.5
13	Magic	0	0		0.5
14	Raptors	0	0		0.5
15	Wizards	0	0		0.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	1	0	1.000
2	Spurs	0	1	.000	1.0
3	Warriors	0	0		0.5
4	Mavericks	0	0		0.5
5	Nuggets	0	0		0.5
6	Rockets	0	0		0.5
7	Clippers	0	0		0.5
8	Lakers	0	0		0.5
9	Grizzlies	0	0		0.5
10	Timberwolves	0	0		0.5
11	Pelicans	0	0		0.5
12	Suns	0	0		0.5
13	Trail Blazers	0	0		0.5
14	Kings	0	0		0.5
15	Jazz	0	0		0.5